Tang Shiyue smiled: "Aunt, don't you think about it? My grandma loves my uncle so much. If my uncle is not happy, my grandma will not say anything even if she raises him for his whole life. So this matter can only be accomplished if Tang Yongming is happy."
She paused and said, "Actually, Tang Yongming is quite open-minded. He is not afraid of embarrassment. He is already embarrassed enough in our village. If he marries that man, it will be equally embarrassing, but at least he can have a good life!"
Madam Zhou was speechless: "Yes, this is something that Tang Yongming can do."
Tang Shiyue smiled but said nothing. After this incident, Grandma Sun would probably hate her to death, but she had offended the clan leader last time and she lived in the clan leader's house. No matter how much she hated her, she didn't dare to act rashly for the time being.
Madam Zhou asked her again, "What did you do at the clan school these days?"
When she mentioned her proudest achievement, Tang Shiyue became excited: "Aunt, let me tell you, I did something big this time!"
She told the story from beginning to end. She was an excellent actress, and her words were vivid and witty, and the expressions of each person were vivid, as if she had seen them with her own eyes.
The young man next door was still sitting at the stone table reading a book. Tang Shiyue and the other person were sitting on the doorstep of the west wing, separated from him only by a stone wall, so they could hear every word clearly.
The young man didn't care at first, but the more he listened, the more he enjoyed it. In the end, he simply put the book down, stood by the wall with his hands behind his back, and listened to the clear and sweet voice until the whole story was told.
Madam Zhou praised him again and again: "Child, could it be that you are the reincarnation of Wenquxing? How come you are so cunning!"
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"That's right!" Tang Shiyue laughed and said, "I also think I'm quite smart. Even if I'm not the Wenqu Star, I must be some other star!"
Before he finished speaking, someone chuckled. Tang Shiyue turned her head subconsciously, and the next moment, she heard the sound of hooves coming from the door. Tang Shiyue quickly stood up and walked around the screen wall. She saw the Tang family's ox cart parked outside. Fourth Uncle Tang and Qi Jing were working together to lift a small tree down.
Tang Shiyue was surprised: "Fourth Uncle? What are you doing?"
Fourth Uncle Tang smiled and said, "I heard from Ah Jing that you want to dig a pond? Or plant a tree? These are all free jobs. I will help you do it during these two days of free time."
Tang Shiyue couldn't help but pursed her lips and glanced at Qi Jing. Qi Jing's long dark eyelashes trembled, but he didn't look up.
The two men carried the tree in, and also carried in the white marble bricks they had bought. Uncle Tang was a capable man, and the two of them worked together and quickly planted the osmanthus tree and built a round flower bed.
He found a spot in the west wing, dug out a square fish pond, and built it with white marble. Fourth Uncle Tang was very skillful and built a high edge that was snow-white and smooth, and looked extremely delicate.
Because it was so exquisite, it took a lot of time and effort. This job took a whole day. On the next day, Fourth Uncle Tang asked another uncle from the same clan to borrow some mud bricks and help her build a simple thatched-roof kitchen in the east wing.
Qi Jing couldn't help with the bricklayer's work, so he drove a mule cart to the town early in the morning and bought some rice, flour, meat and vegetables.
Tang Shiyue has always been a hedonist. Over the years, she has hunted a lot. If it were someone more capable of living, she would probably be able to make dried meat and keep it for the New Year. However, she always ate what she hunted as she went along, and when she needed to entertain guests, she didn't even have any stock left.
So she waited until Qi Jing came back before she started taking action.
There were not many black tiger paw mushrooms left, so I simply made tofu meatballs with tofu. It was quite simple. Crush the tofu, scallions and ginger, chop the black tiger paw mushrooms, mix them with the tofu, add salt, roll them into small balls, and then boil them in water. They tasted better than meatballs.
That's a soup.
Add some scrambled eggs and eggplant and you have two vegetarian dishes.
Steamed pork is also popular here. The meat is chopped into small pieces, served with mashed garlic and a plate of thin pancakes. This is a meat dish.
The uncle who was invited was named Tang He. In fact, he was the one who saw Tang Shiyin being caught by the rope and then ran to report the news. It was also him who borrowed the clay bricks from Tang Sishu.
Tang He has a very good relationship with Fourth Uncle Tang, and actually has not had much dealings with Tang Shiyue. When he first stayed with her, he knew that Tang Shiyue's family was in financial difficulty, and he felt a little embarrassed. It was only when Fourth Uncle Tang asked him to stay that he stayed.
Tang Shiyue brought the food up and saw that the dishes were all quite presentable. Tang He couldn't help but say, "Fourth brother, is this okay? The young lady may have had a hard time."
"It's okay," Fourth Uncle Tang said with a smile, "Since Yue'er has spoken, she is sincere. Just sit there and relax."
Tang He said: "Do you have a good relationship with her family?"
"No," Fourth Uncle Tang said seriously, "We only like Yue'er, and we only want to be friends with her."
He whispered to him, "Don't underestimate Yue'er because she is so young. She is more prudent than many adults. She is smart and open-minded. She was just born into a wrong family and became a young lady. If she were a young man, she would have achieved great success."
Tang He had never heard Fourth Uncle Tang speak so highly of anyone, and could not help but be very surprised. At this moment, Tang Shiyue came in, bringing in a large bowl of braised pork. The meat was cut into large square pieces, bright red and fragrant, and it was obvious that it was real.
Tang Shiyue smiled and bowed: "Uncle, I am very grateful to you for your hard work today. However, my family is small and my brother is not here, so please have your fourth uncle accompany you for dinner. Please don't think we are being rude."
Tang He quickly said a few humble words, and Tang Shiyue then retreated with a smile.
Tang He was also popular in the village. After this incident, everyone knew that Fourth Uncle Tang's family had a close relationship with Tang Shiyue. Although Tang He was not a gossiper, Wang Shi did not show up from beginning to end, did not even say a polite word, and did not even help with cooking, which caused the women in the village to gossip about her for several days.
But many people also said that Tang Shiyue was careless. Even though life was difficult, he still used such delicious food to entertain guests. He did not know how to live.
The days go by fast when we are busy. By May 23rd, the sand fruit wine would have been sealed for half a month.
On the first day, Tang Shiyue went to the brewery to take a look. Madam Zhou kept muttering, saying that she was so nervous that she couldn't sleep for several nights.
Tang Shiyue couldn't stop laughing, she really wasn't nervous. After all, she was born with a natural talent. She was the type of person who would definitely be "one" as long as there was someone who could succeed in this world, no matter if it was one in a thousand, one in ten thousand, or one in a million.
Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "What should we do? How about opening it in advance?"
"No, no!" Madam Zhou said, "Let's open it on the date!"
Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "Speaking of which, we're going to sell it soon, so should we give this wine a name first?"
It was true when they said that. Everyone started to think about it. Qi Jing said calmly: "Let's call it Shenzhu Bar!"
Tang Shiyue raised her eyebrows. Fourth Uncle Tang asked, "Why is it called Shenzhu Wine?"
Qi Jing said calmly, "Sand fruit is like pearls, so it is called magic pearl wine."
Fourth Uncle Tang said, "Oh, not bad, not bad!"
Tang Shiyue curled the corners of his mouth. The word "Yue" in Tang Shiyue's name refers to a magical pearl bestowed by the heavens on the Holy Emperor Youde according to legend.
Legend has it that when Shaohao was born, a five-colored phoenix led hundreds of birds to gather in front of the courtyard, and then the phoenix held a fruit core and threw it into Shaohao's hand. After that, the earth shook, the fruit core cracked, and a shining and colorful magic pearl appeared. Everyone thought this was an auspicious sign, so they named the magic pearl "Yue".
Is this kid trying to flirt with her? His tactics are too polite, and you can't tell without some culture!
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